Policy Committee

The PPS Policy Committee was established to consider actions or issues in detail and to provide policy advice for the Board's action or consideration, as appropriate. This committee is the only permanent Board Committee, and serves in a fact-finding and advisory role, and will make recommendations to the Board. Those draft policies that are approved in this committee are then voted on by the larger board and become PPS policy during a regular or special meeting. The committee is appointed by the PPS Board of Education and is made up of three school board members and one student representative, who also serves as the student representative for the whole of the Board of Education.
Following public meeting laws, the Policy Committee meets as needed (the schedule is posted on the PPS Public Notice Page), its agenda is posted before the meeting, and is streamed on the Board's YouTube Channel.

Draft Policies

The policy committee provides a "Notice of Proposed Policy Adoption Public Comment" to offer interested parties a reasonable opportunity to submit data or comments on the proposed policies. The protocol for public comments can be found in the Regular Board Meetings Explained page. Tips for a more effective public comment can be found on the Tips for Effective Public Comment page. You can find what current draft policies are open for comment on the Draft Policies Page, and to submit a written comment, you must use this Google Form or email Schoolboard@pps.net. Written comments must be submitted by 5:00 pm on the last day comments are due, as posted on the draft policies website. In addition, you can find all policies that have come before the policy committee since 2018 in the Policy Committee Archive.